Original | Odaily Planet Daily ( @OdailyChina )
Author: Golem ( @web3_golem )
On May 16, the popular RWA public chain Pharos announced the launch of its public testnet, which attracted widespread attention from the market. Pharos also launched a series of testnet tasks, and users were very enthusiastic about participating. According to official data , more than 110,000 real users flocked to the testnet in just 24 hours after its release.
RWA is still a hot topic this year. As a new generation of high-performance RWA public chain, Pharos is highly playable. In this article, Odaily Planet Daily will teach users how to interact with the Pharos test network without any effort.
About Pharos
Pharos is a new generation of Layer 1 public chain focusing on RWA. In terms of performance, the network has modular design and high parallelism. The TPS of the current test network can reach 30,000, far exceeding other EVMs and parallel networks. At the same time, Pharos adopts an innovative GPU-like architecture to increase storage efficiency by 80%, which can support billions of users. In terms of business, Pharos focuses on institutional-level RWA application scenarios and enterprise-level decentralized financial needs, and is committed to becoming a powerful infrastructure that brings traditional institutions into the Web3 market.
Pharos was founded in 2024. Its core team includes not only Web2 experts from Ant Digits and Alibaba Blockchain, but also senior practitioners in the Web3 industry, such as Pharos Chief Marketing Officer Laura Shen, who previously served as Marketing Director of Olana Mobile and Head of Crypto Marketing of PayPal; RWA Strategy Director Bo Bo previously participated in the RWA pilot projects of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Central Bank of Ghana, and is also a Web3 researcher; Ecosystem Director Wilguish previously worked at Wormhole.
In terms of financing, on November 8, 2024, Pharos completed an $8 million seed round of financing, led by Faction and Hack VC, with participation from SNZ Holding, Hash Global, MH Ventures, Dispersion Capital, Generative Ventures, and Chorus One.
Interactive Tutorial
Get test coins
First, log in to the official website of Pharos test network . Click the wallet link in the upper right corner and you need to claim Pharos test network tokens on the homepage. It is recommended to use OKX Web3 wallet to log in, so there is no need to manually add Pharos test network.
As shown on the left side of the above picture, you can receive 0.2 PHRS test coins after completing human-machine verification, and users can receive them repeatedly every 24 hours. If you want to receive more test coins at one time, you can also log in to ZAN s faucet to receive 0.2 PHRS test coins for free (ZAN is a Web3 technology company under Ant Financial Group).
Complete on-chain tasks
After the test coins arrive, click Experience on the official website to jump to the test network task interface. Currently, the test network tasks can be divided into daily check-in, on-chain tasks and social tasks. As shown in the figure below, first click the upper right corner to check in. Check-in cannot be made up, so remember to set the alarm on time every day.
Exchange Tokens
The first on-chain task is to exchange tokens. Click “Swap” to jump to the Swap page of DEX Zenith in the ecosystem. During the jump, MetaMask may mistakenly pop up a harmful prompt, which can be ignored directly.
As shown above, users can currently use PHRS to exchange USDC and USDT assets on the test network. Just enter a small amount of PHRS and click “Swap”.
Adding Liquidity
The second on-chain task is to add liquidity. After the exchange is successful, click Pool in the upper left corner, and then click +New Pool to create a new LP. As shown below.
Then select the USDC you just exchanged, randomly select a rate, and put all the previously exchanged USDC into LP. The system will automatically match the required PHRS test tokens. Finally, click Authorize, and then confirm to add liquidity.
Sending tokens to other EVM addresses
The third on-chain task is to send tokens to other EVM addresses. Go back to the Pharos testnet official website , click “Send” and enter the desired test token and receiving address. Pharos is fully compatible with EVM, so users can directly paste their own addresses starting with “0x”.
Invite friends and repeat tasks
The above three tasks are not one-time, and users can repeat them multiple times in a day. It was previously rumored that users need to complete 91 interactions a day to earn points, but the official seems to have deleted this rule, but it is still recommended that users repeat the above three tasks several times a day.
In addition, users can also upgrade their levels by inviting others. Click the fourth task Invite and copy your own link. However, rewards can only be obtained when the invited user registers and completes the task.
Social tasks
In addition to on-chain tasks, users can also upgrade their levels by completing social tasks. As shown in the figure below, you only need to follow the Pharos official X account, forward and comment on specific tweets, and join the Discord community, which are all one-time tasks.
Deploy the contract
In addition to the official interactive tasks listed above, users can also deploy contracts on the Pharos test network to enrich the interactive data. Click to enter contracts , as shown below, select Pharos test network to deploy contracts, users can deploy simple timer contracts on the test network, and can also issue ERC-20 tokens or NFTs. Taking the deployment of token contracts as an example, you only need to enter the full name and code of the token to complete the deployment.
